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Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 23.00Drooling fanatic, n. 1. One who drools in the presence of beloved rock stars. 2. Any of a genus of rock-and-roll wannabes/geeks who walk around with songs constantly ringing in their ears, own more than 3,000 albums, and fall in love with at least one record per week. With a life that?s spanned the phonographic era and the digital age, Steve Almond... more...
Rebels Wit Attitude
Soft Skull Press 2008; US$ 15.95Rock music has been the principal outlet of youth rebellion for more than half a century, and though rock rebels have been idolized and profiled extensively, their humor has not been at the center of attention. In Rebels Wit Attitude , music writer Iain Ellis throws a spotlight on the history of humor in rock music, and its use as a weapon of anti-establishment... more...
Apocalypse Jukebox
Soft Skull Press 2008; US$ 17.95From its indefinite beginnings through its broad commercialization and endless reinterpretation, American rock-and-roll music has been preoccupied with an end-of-the-world mentality that extends through the whole of American popular music. In Apocalypse Jukebox, Edward Whitelock and David Janssen trace these connections through American music genres,... more...
Lost in the Supermarket
Soft Skull Press 2008; US$ 17.95Historically, a love of cooking has been left to those considered far from cool: suburbanite Betty Crockers toiling over a hot stove. But the new youth-culture sensibility has taken over, merging the axiom ?You are what you eat? with its updated mantra ?You are who you listen to.? Lost in the Supermarket ?yes, named for the 1979 hit by The Clash?is... more...
The Tour Book
Course Technology PTR 2007; US$ 29.99Live music is a huge industry. In 2006, concert ticket sales totaled $3.6 billion in North America alone! Playing live is an integral part of the success of any musician, band, or artist. There is a huge difference between writing and recording your songs in your home studio or rehearsal space and going out and putting on a show. If you can't cut... more...
Take a Walk on the Dark Side
Touchstone 2004; US$ 19.99Take a Walk on the Dark Side is the ultimate book for today's rock and roll fan: a fascinating compendium of facts, fictions, prophecies, premonitions, coincidences, hoaxes, doomsday scenarios, and other urban legends about some of the world's most beloved and mysterious pop icons. Updating, revising, and expanding on material from his cult classic... more...
Rock & Roll Jihad
Free Press 2010; US$ 24.99"The story you are about to read is the story of a light-bringer....Salman Ahmad inspires me to reach always for the greatest heights and never to fear....Know that his story is a part of our history." -- Melissa Etheridge, from the Introduction With 30 million record sales under his belt, and with fans including Bono and Al Gore, Pakistanborn... more...
Let's Make Some Noise
University Press of Mississippi 2008; US$ 50.00Clarence Bernard Henry's book is a culmination of several years of field research on sacred and secular influences of àsé, the West African Yoruba concept that spread to Brazil and throughout the African Diaspora. Àsé is imagined as power and creative energy bestowed upon human beings by ancestral spirits acting as guardians.... more...
Scar Tissue
Hyperion 2004; US$ 15.99Check back soon to read more details about Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. more...
Room Full of Mirrors
Hyperion 2005; US$ 14.99Check back soon to read more details about Room Full of Mirrors by Charles R. Cross. more...









